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GONDOLA GAR.

' 4Patented June 9,1891.

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V FERDINAND E l CANDA, or NET YORK, N. Y.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent o. L535900, dated J' une 9, 1891.

Application nu June e. 1890.

Serial No. 354,457. (No model.)

To, all whom' it may concern:

Be it known that I, FERDINAND E. CANDA,A

of New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved vGondola-Car, of which the followingis aspecification, reference being had to the annexed drawings, forming a part. thereof, in whichdetail view of the anchor-block and the side truss. Fig. is a plan view of the same, and Fig. 6' is a perspective view of the anchorbloek for the side truss.

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The carrying capacity of gondola-cars has been recently so increased on many roads that it has become necessary to increase the length of the cars and to raise the height of the side andend boards in' order to furnish th-e requisite carrying capacity.` The effect vof such increase iii the height of the sideboards .has increased the leverage on the stakes .and stake-pockets to such an extent that when the car isloaded it spreads the side-boards at the center or'bulges them out, thereby causing serious torsion strains in the side sills, which soon destroy the life of the frame of the car and occasion vfrequent repairs. Several devices have been used to overcome this difficulty viz., the introductionof crossbraces, tierods,1and lateral rods. For the latter a patent No. 317,111 was issued to John ML Garverick, dated May 5, ISS. These lateral rods have presented more or less .defects in their construction, andwhile they are insome respects improvements they are Wanting in elements to maker-hem entirely satisfactory. To meet these difficulties and to furnish an effective lateral exterior support to the car is the'object of my invention.

My invention consists in one or more lateral rodson the exterior of each side of the car-bod y, the ends of which rods are provided with screw-threads and nuts, the anchorage of the rods being made in the ends of the sideboards andv through iron castings forming anchor-blocks made in such form as to be completely clamped and held in place by the jeby being rendered secure against being'pulled out. l

In carrying out my invention I divide thel length ofthe side-boards A into three spaces or panels by the use of lateral struts B, which ,I secure to the stakes or side-boards C, the length of these struts being governed by the lengthof thecar and the depth of the truss required.' The struts B are formed with'a base or footing on one end, which rests against the stake or side-board, and with an eye on the outer end, through which the lateral truss side-boards, thei truss-rod in place when the car is'unloaded and the tension of the'rod is relieved. A

anchor-blocks E, let .into the side-boards of the car and held in place by the engagement of the side-boards and the Vertical bolt'a,

passes through'the anchor-block.` The bearing-face b of the anchor-block is formed at right angles with the axial line of the end sections of the trussrod D.

It will be seen that the tension on the lateral truss rods is transferred through the anchor-blocks E directly to the ends of the side-boards, where the full resistance is found; also, that there are two points ofsupport upon each side of the car which transfer the lateral pressure from the center to the ends of the car, where the side and end boards are connected,v and accomplish the desired result with a minimum of. material and labor. It will also be seen that my improved lateral support is Wholly outside of theinterior sur-A face of the side-boards and-that none of the available space of thecar is occupied by the rods or fixtures.

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-q y l. In a gondola-car, the combination, with the body or boit thereof, of truss-rods ranging along the sides thereof wholly outside of as described.

2. In agondola-car, the combination, with the side-boards', of lateral truss-rods arranged Wholly outside of the interior surface of the side-boards, and anchoehlncks adapted to rellaving thus Adescribed my invention, I

the interior surface of said box, substantially fio rod D passes, and which holds the lateral The ends of the truss-rod Dare received 1in which clamps the boards edge to edge and,`

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. ceive the pressure of the truss-rods and transfer it to the endsof the side-boards, substan-- n ing along the sides thereor`- and extending at their ends beyond the end-boards of the said box and supported at said extended ends from the side-boards of 'che` box, substantially as described. Y

5. In a vgondola-car, the combination,

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tisse-oo the body-or box, of truss-rods ranging 'therealong outside ofthe interior surface thereof, and anehor-blocks supported from the sideboards of the box, substantially as described.

6. In -a gondola-car, the combination, Vwith the body or box thereof, of truss-rods ranging longitudinally of the latter at the sides, and

anchor-blocks for the'ends of the truss-rods',

said anchor-blockshaving longitudinal passages for thel truss-rods and provided with heads bearing against the ends of the sides of lthe box, substantially as described.

' l FERDINAND E. CANDA.

Witnesses:

C. SEDGWICK, E, M. .CLARK 

